21649. Misbranding of salad oil. IT. S. v. 22 Dozen Glass Jars and 54 Cases of Salad Oil. Default decrees of condemnation, forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. nos. 31002, 31041. Sample nos. 55436-A, 55451-A.) Sample jugs of salad oil taken from the shipments involved in these cases were found to contain less than 8 ounces, the labeled volume. On August 25 and September 1, 1933, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, acting upon reports by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court libels praying seizure and condemnation of 22 dozen glass jugs of salad oil and 54 cases, each containing 2 dozen glass jugs, of salad oil at Philadelphia, Pa., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate commerce on or about July 21 and August 1, 1933, by the Ragus Packing Corporation, from Long Island City, N.Y., and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as amended. A portion of the article was labeled: (Jugs) "Net Weight 8 F. Oz. Mrs. Brookes Pure Salad Oil." The remainder was labeled : (Jugs) " Herold's Food Products * * * Salad Oil Contents 8 Oz." It was alleged in the libels that the article was misbranded in that the statements on the labels, " Contents 8 Ozs.", " Net Weight 8 F. Oz.", were false and misleading and deceived and misled the purchaser. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the article was food in package form and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package, since the statement made was incorrect. On September 13 and October 4. 1933. no claimant having appeared for the property, judgments of condemnation and forfeiture were entered, and it was ordered by the court that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal. M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.